Forest Service Spent $100,000 on Drones It Can’t Even Use
Everyone knows by now that Americans aren't thrilled about the use of domestic drones. So if you're a government agency and decide to invest many thousands of taxpayer dollars on...
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This iPhone accessory will turn you into J.J. Abrams
A new project is raising money on Kickstarter to build an anamorphic adapter lens that would be compatible with the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s, letting users record video reminiscent of a J.J....
National Geographic brings its custom cartography to Google Maps
National Geographic has long contributed photos and article links to Google Maps, but it's now deepening that commitment by introducing its own cartography. The magazine is using Google Maps Engine to share over 500...
‘Amazon Rockets’ pledges to deliver your goods in five minutes
Amazon has caught a lot of flack for introducing the idea of 30-minute drone deliveries. Since its announcement earlier this week, everyone and their mother have been concerned about piddling little...
Hisense is building more Android TV devices but doesn’t call them Google TV
Hisense is the latest to drop the Google TV brand for its new generation of Android-based TV devices. The company announced this week that it is building a new TV set dubbed...
New stealth spy drone already flying over Area 51
The latest top secret unmanned spy plane to be uncovered isn’t just a design idea, it’s already flying at the Air Force’s famed Area 51. Unlike the recently announced SR-72, the...
Supreme Court to review patents on software
The Supreme Court says it will return to the thorny issue of when software-related “inventions” are eligible for review under patent law. The Supreme Court decided to take the issue after...
Microsoft disrupts botnet that generated $2.7M per month for operators
ZeroAccess began as a delivery network for other malware onto PCs it had successfully infected. Since then, it has evolved into a "clickfraud" platform that intercepts search requests from the...
Group of robots will compete to become the future of disaster response
A small group of robots will soon be competing at the DARPA Robotics Challenge as a part of an effort to fast-track the development of robots that can become the future of disaster...
Apple rolling out iBeacons into Apple Stores, silent app update enables In-Store Notifications
Apple will begin using iBeacon technology across its 254 US retail stores starting today. The integration, first reported by 9to5Mac last month, will offer notifications about products, event and other information...
Smart shoe to improve jogging technique on the run
Jogging is one of the most popular forms of fitness activity around the world, with around 10 million people in Germany alone donning their running shoes and hitting the pavement...
Verizon quietly expands LTE capacity and speeds in select cities
To stay in front of the LTE pack, Verizon purchased $3.6 billion worth of spectrum from a cable consortium last year, then sold off a bunch of its own to gain FCC approval. The...
China’s central bank warns financial institutions of Bitcoin risks
China central bank People’s Bank, Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and another three authorities in finance issued today a notice on Bitcoin, cautioning financial institutions and payments services against...
Facebook steps up Russian programming partnerships
Facebook has already augmented its base of mobile game developers by working with more than 50 Russian partners and spending more time with app developers in Russia than in any...
Facebook is toying with ‘sympathise’ button
The long-coveted "dislike" button may never make its way Facebook. But a Facebook engineer said Thursday that the social network has informally experimented with an alternative to "like": specifically, the "sympathize" button....
Twitter to be available on mobile phones without Internet
We're spoiled here in the US. When we want to browse what's trending on Twitter, we just break out our smartphones, launch an app and we're perusing the latest tweets...
Spotify expected to offer mobile music for free
Spotify is reportedly set to offer an ad-supported, free version of its streaming-music service for mobiles devices. At the moment, using Spotify on a tablet or smartphone requires a subscription at $10 a...
Instagram event invite: Printed photos, private messaging coming?
Instagram has sent out media invitations for an event next week in New York City. The Facebook-owned social network sent the invitations via FedEx, rather than through email as is customary with tech...
Samsung reportedly developing 8 and 10-inch AMOLED screens for future tablets
In the early days of the Galaxy Tab line, Samsung released a couple of Android tablets with AMOLED screens, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and 8.9, but since then the company's tablet lineup has...
Twitter has new targeted advertising which learns from your browsing history
“You are what you browse” might just be Twitter’s new mantra, as the micro blogging and social media platform is looking for a new way to deliver ads which are...